Demand for Gasket and Seals Is Increasing with Increasing Industrialization Worldwide

Gasket and Seals


Gasket and seals are materials used to fill empty spaces between coupling surfaces to avoid leakage and wastage of liquids and gas. These materials are used to fill the gap between two or more mating surfaces to prevent wastage and leakage. Gaskets and seals allow a perfect mating surface, in which they can fill in irregularities. They are found in electrical equipment, planes, trains, pumps, boats, and cars, and are used in various end-use industries such as oil and gas, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, food processing, and automotive. A wide variety of gaskets and seals are used in various end-use industries, depending on the application.

The demand for gaskets and seals is increasing with the increasing industrialization in the developing and developed countries, such as the U.S., the U.K., Italy, etc.  They are specifically designed based on the end-use surface and type of coupling. Gasket and seals can withstand high compressive loads. Moreover, gaskets and seals help to maintain pressure and avoid contamination from external environmental conditions.

Solid ring, kammprofile, jacketed, and spiral wound are some of the key gasket types, whereas piston seal, shaft seal, mechanical seals, body seals, and o-ring seal are among the key seal types used in various end-use industries for different applications. Gaskets are used to prevent the leakage of fluids or gases between two interfaces, while seals are used to prevent leakage between two surfaces in contact.

Gasket and seals are made from various materials such as a plastic polymer, fiberglass, nitrile rubber, polytetrafluoroethylene, neoprene, felt, cork, metal, silicone, rubber, paper, etc. Rubber and silicone are the most preferred materials used to manufacture gaskets and seals due to their superior characteristics, such as resistance to high heat and pressure, high flexibility, better strength, and high reliability. Different types of s gaskets and seals are available according to the specifications of different industries

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